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Quotes from The Sapphires3951605571500We've got a talent contest to win.I don't see how you're going to win any contest if I'm not there.What? If I'm not coming with you, I'm not singing with you.I'm Gail. This is Cynthia. And... just so as you know, you're all standing on blackfella country.You want to go perform in Vietnam? What are you going to do? A corroboree'?Why not'? We're the best girl group you'll ever see.You're the best Aboriginal girl group I've ever...you're the only Aboriginal girl group I've ever seen.If you want to perform for the brothers in Vietnam, you've got to give them soul.I might be a little pale on the outside, but my blood runs Negro, woman.Don't you fellas ever read the newspapers? Vietnam? There's a war in Vietnam!Maybe this is the chance of a lifetime.That's stupid! Everyone knows they're nothing without me.244792533456200I know I've got a child. That's why I want to make something of myself.Julie's the key. Julie's the one with the voice.Time that girl came back to us, anyway. Kay, we're going to Haysia.She's lost, that one.Act your age, not your colour.Nobody tells me or my sisters what to sing or who sings lead.Your voice isn't good enough to sing lead.In soul music, they're struggling to get it back and they haven't given up, so every note that passes through your lips should have the tone of a woman who's grasping and fighting and desperate to retrieve what's been taken from her.There's a place called the Apollo Theatre. It's where dreams are made, where legends are born.He's already broken my heart once! I was going to wear Nan's wedding dress! I was just getting over it!You're always just getting over him.Don't let Jimmy Middleton ruin things for ya. We're going to be famous. He should be the one crying over you.If you can't shake your money maker for the brothers tonight, you're all on the first plane back to Austria tomorrow.He's in Cummeragunja, I'm in Saigon. I can do what I like.There are things we need to discuss, like a military escort.You're four black women in a war zone, honey. Now, all you need to do is sing.You're going to have to start giving me the respect that I deserve.Respect? What are you, the flaming mission manager?I am the man who's going to manage you better than you've ever been managed!It would take a special man to manage me properly.You're on your last warning.I came here to apologise for giving you a hard time but now I'm not gonna bother.Your apology is rejected!Going out with a black fella's not gonna make you any blacker, Kay.You think you can walk away from your mob? Live in the city for 10 years making out you're a gubbaand then get up on stage and say you're a black fella and that's alright?Don't go telling me what I am and what I'm not. I didn't get a say in how things worked out for me.There's a reason that you're this... terrible mouth, and it's very simple. You're mama bear... and they're your little baby cubs.Just so we're clear, Robby, I'm black. I'm just... pale black.I just wanted to say I...I thought you dealt with that really well. No, I mean it- you know, it was a tough call and you're obviously getting really good at this.I was never good enough. I was never good enough at music and certainly not at life and that's a...that's a hard thing to take...because I didn't have a place and then I met these crazy Aboriginal girlsand one amazing woman and I had a place and I liked it.Gail, from the moment we got kicked out of that pub together, I knew you were someone I wanted in my life. Someone to fight the good fight with, and often against.I know you're hurting but I need you to sing.Mum, how did you know where to find us?That Dave fella fixed it all last week.He's a deadly fella, that one. ................
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